FLTK-C-1.3.3 for FreeBASIC

[D.J.Peters]

FLTK- C-1.3.3 for FreeBASIC.

Download for FreeBASIC: fltk-c-1.3.3.zip Tue Aug 13, 2019
Before you unzip the new version rename your current fltk-c-1.3.3 folder so you have an backup of all your work !
!!! Note: do not extract the *.zip file over your current ftk-c-1.3.3 folder !!!

The C++ source code of the FLTK-C wrapper and Code::Blocks project: fltk-c-1.3.3-src.zip Tue Aug 13, 2019

FLTK homepage

documentation:
online: FLTK 1.3.x
download PDF: FLTK 1.3.0 Programming Manual

FreeBASIC tutorial:
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How to start with FLTK C

Windows:
Download and extract fltk-c.1.3.3.zip with all folders on any drive:
optional run buildall.bat

Linux:
Download and extract fltk-c.1.3.3.zip with all folders in your home folder:
copy the extracted library to /usr/lib
ubuntu: sudo cp libflt-c*.so /usr/lib
slackware: su -c "cp libfltk-c*.so /usr/lib"
or any other distro as root: cp libfltk-c*.so /usr/lib
optional run buildall.sh
chmod -x ./buildall.sh
sh ./buildall.sh

Joshy

[St_W]

What is the difference to the "old" FLTK bindings?

[D.J.Peters]

What is the difference to the "old" FLTK bindings?

It's new :-)
I changed some internal FLTK C++ stuff.
Fixed some old known bugs.
Using freetype font rendering on Linux.
Rotated text output on Linux are enabled now.
It's prepared for ARM devices now. (no OpenGL, no overlays ...)
Removed hidden strucs from C wrapper.
...

Joshy

[fxm]

... and requiring several files.bi instead of one to work.

[D.J.Peters]

... and requiring several files.bi instead of one to work.

You are wrong It was never only one include file !
It was and is seperated in logical unit's.

Joshy

fltk-c.bi include this files:

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#include "fltk-main.bi" ' 344 KB
#include "fltk-tools.bi" '15 KB
#ifndef __FB_ARM__
#include "fltk-gl.bi" ' 8 KB
#include "fltk-glut.bi" ' 22 KB
#endif

[fxm]

Yes for my test example, now "fltk-main.bi" instead of old "fltk-c.bi" is sufficient.

[D.J.Peters]

Previews FreeBASIC fltk-c on Raspberry PI

Joshy

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[D.J.Peters]

Rasbian / debian ARM port available and tested on Raspberry PI model B.

Should work on all Raspberry PI A, B, Zero maybe on PI 2/3 also but I'm not sure.

If you have a Raspberry PI 2 or 3 let me know your test result please.

If you don't have a Raspberry PI I posted a short tutorial how to run a PI via QEMU.
(on a modern / fast PC it can be run with the native speed of a real PI or faster.)

Joshy

[jdebord]

Thank you for this update !

However, it seems that the import library libfltk...dll.a is missing in the Windows archive.

[D.J.Peters]

However, it seems that the import library libfltk...dll.a is missing in the Windows archive.

Is included now.

Joshy

[srvaldez]

hello D.J.Peters, first I want to thank you for all the work you put into this library :)
I tested on the Pi 3 and everything compiled ok without warnings, but a couple of tests did not show output Screeninfo and FL_WindowFullscreen, have not run every program because there are so many :)

[dkr]

Hello,
I tried to use the FLTK library last night on my home computer which is using FBC version 0.9xxx. The compiler stopped near line 465 saying FLTK-glut.bi used an unknown variable Boolean. Do I need to upgrade my compiler version to handle the new boolean types? Also, I was wanting to use the FLTK widget to select a directory - is that widget included in this Freebasic library?

Looks like a great tool. I'm looking forward to using it.

Thanks,
Darren

[D.J.Peters]

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"Don't drink and post" :-)

Joshy

[Imortis]

...Do I need to upgrade my compiler version to handle the new boolean types?...

Yes. Booleans are 1.0 and above.

[MrSwiss]

Yes. Booleans are 1.0 and above.

Not correct: 1.00.0 = FBC 64 bit! = NEW (and still, the 32 bit).
Booleans are >= 1.04.0 ...
This means: Yes, you MUST update, to use Boolean Variables. (current Version = 1.05.0)